A Cleansing Flame

when he turned the hourglassthe sand ran upas he knew it woulddeep contemplationso often turns lifeon its headThe French philosopher Gaston Bachelard explored the philosophic and poetic values of flame and fire in three books - The Psychoanalysis of Fire, The Flame of a Candle, and the unfinished Fragments of a Poetics of Fire.In A Cleansing Flame, Frank Prem interprets Bachelard's explorations of the poetic element fire, decanting the vivid imagery contained within the philosopher's work into new and accessible free verse poetic storytelling forms, bringing each story to life.time stopsI beat my wingsmy temperaturejust half a flamefrom fire